| Ponzio, Flaminio |
| Flaminio Ponzio, Italian
architect, was born in Viggiu', Varese in 1559/60 and died in Rome in 1613.
Together with C.Maderno, he was one of the most interesting personalities
in the beginning of the 17th century. The protection of the family Borghese
and of the pope Paul V, in particular, who nominated Ponzio the architect
of the Vatican Palaces, assured a great number of orders for important architectonic
constructions, among them is enlarging of the Palazzo Borghese (facade
on the via Ripetta, 1605-1607); Casino di Villa Borghese (1609-1613);
Cappella Paolina in S.Maria maggiore (1605-1611); fountain Acqua
Paola on the Janiculum (1610, in collaboration with G.Fontana); and the church San Sebastiano ( 1612, finished by G.Vasanzio) |